FERC Denies Rehearing on NY Buyer-Side Mitigation FERC on Thursday denied a merchant transmission owner’s request for rehearing of a 2013 order that denied its complaint that NYISO improperly implemented its buyer-side market power mitigation exemption test. However, the commission granted a limited clarification and directed NYISO to make an additional compliance filing (EL12-98). Hudson … Continue reading FERC Denies Rehearing on NY Buyer-Side Mitigation→
The Electric Utilities’ Fight Against Net Metering Will Likely Prove Ineffective The US electric utility industry is starting to experience an unprecedented amount of pressure. While the industry still seems healthy given its near-monopoly control over electricity generation, major electric utilities are clearly becoming worried about the DG (distributed generation) threat. Despite the fact that … Continue reading The #Electric_Utilities’ Fight Against Net Metering Will Likely Prove Ineffective→
The future of rate design: Why the utility industry may shift away from fixed charges Less than three years after the utility industry first introduced fixed charges into its playbook, state regulators and utilities across the country appear to be looking for a new approach to growing concerns over load defection. In January 2013, the … Continue reading The future of rate design: Why the utility industry may shift away from fixed charges→
Nuclear reactor closings in the US continue to roil the energy industry In the face of growing safety problems, cheap natural gas and the rising use of renewable energy sources, aging nuclear power plants are closing down across the US, raising questions about the future viability of nuclear energy production. The Entergy Corporation is the … Continue reading Nuclear reactor closings in the US continue to roil the #energy_industry→
Energy Storage Tech Finally Starting To Compete With The Grid Critics of renewable energy always cite the fact that the sun does not always shine and the wind does not always blow. As such, the intermittency of renewable energy needs to be backed up by baseload power, which would need to come from natural gas, … Continue reading Energy Storage Tech Finally Starting To Compete With The Grid→
After Paris, new worries over electrical grid attack The potential for a devastating attack on the U.S. electricity grid remains high on the minds of utility and government leaders, especially in light of the deadly terrorist actions in Paris on Nov. 13. Just days after the carnage in the French capital, the North American Electric … Continue reading After Paris, new worries over electrical grid attack→
ERCOT TO RUN SIMULATIONS OF LONG-LEAD REAL-TIME PRICING NEXT SPRING The Electric Reliability Council of Texas will do simulations in the spring on a program that could allow real-time market participation for units that need as much as 30 minutes’ lead time, state regulators learned Thursday. The Public Utility Commission of Texas received a status … Continue reading ERCOT TO RUN SIMULATIONS OF LONG-LEAD REAL-TIME PRICING NEXT SPRING→
Recent technological and economic changes are expected to challenge and transform the electric utility industry. These changes (or “disruptive challenges”) arise due to a convergence of factors, including: falling costs of distributed generation and other distributed energy resources (DER); an enhanced focus on development of new DER technologies; increasing customer, regulatory, and political interest in … Continue reading #Disruptive Challenges : Financial Implications and Strategic Responses to a Changing Retail Electric Business→
Batteries spring to life at retired Duke Energy coal plant CHARLOTTE, N.C., Nov. 18, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Duke Energy, LG Chem and Greensmith are bringing new technology to the site of a 1952 retired coal plant, announcing the completion of a 2-megawatt (MW) battery-based energy storage system designed to increase reliability and stability on the … Continue reading Batteries spring to life at retired Duke Energy coal plant→
Supreme Court to Hear State/Federal Electric Power Cases The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) agreed to hear an appeal of a case to further clarify the authority states have to encourage selective intrastate electric power production in the face of interstate competition regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). This is the … Continue reading Supreme Court to Hear State/Federal Electric Power Cases→
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